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Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 The Honey Ant Readers
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Many of the first Honey Ant Readers story books were inspired by discussions between the author, Margaret James, and Elders from the areas surrounding Alice Springs, led by Trudy Inkamala, a respected Western Arrente Elder and traditional land owner, and her daughter, Rhonda. (Honeyant website)

Includes

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y separately published work icon Nana Dig Kami Tjawani Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2009 Z1912303 2009 single work children's fiction children's 'Nana Dig is a short book, written in seven words for beginner readers. It is about nana running to dig for honey ants in the red, sandy desert of Central Australia.' (Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Nana Dig in Red Sand Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2009 Z1912349 2009 single work children's fiction children's 'This book describes Nana digging in the red sand for honey ants. The song at the end of the book is a bit of fun about looking for honey ants. 'Where can they be?' Ask Nana and the kid, standing on top of the tunnels!' (Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Big Mob Ants Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Emma Browne (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2009 Z1914795 2009 single work children's fiction children's big mob ants is a story about a kid who runs across the red, wet sand to dig for honey ants with her nana. (Source: shop.acer.edu.au)
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y separately published work icon Dig Dig Dig Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2009 Z1914858 2009 single work children's fiction children's Dig Dig Dig describes in 20 words how honey ants live under the ground in tunnels. (Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Honey Ants Yum Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2009 Z1914899 2009 single work children's fiction children's In Honey Ants Yum, nana and the kid run across the red sand and sit under the mulga tree to dig for honey ants.(Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Wet Kids Running Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2009 Z1914912 2009 single work children's fiction children's In Wet Kids Running, we follow the adventures of ten children who go on an excursion with nana on a big, red bus in the rain. (Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Stop Dog Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2009 Z1914945 2009 single work children's fiction children's 'Stop Dog tells the story about a group of children who go on a trip to look for bush tucker with Nana. A dog jumps on the bus and causes all sorts of trouble such as tipping out all the honey ants collected in a cup! Of course, the children love the naughty dog!' (Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Stop the Bus Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2009 Z1914962 2009 single work children's fiction children's 'Stop the Bus, begins with the bus driver and nana collecting children from their homes. The bus takes them to school, but on the way they ask to stop at a mulga tree to see if there are any honey ants.' (Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Get the Snake Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2010 Z1914973 2010 single work children's fiction children's 'Get the Snake tells a story about children in the playground at school. One child decides to stay and not go to class on time. He is playing in a tree when a snake comes. The children see this from the classroom and rush out, calling Nana who goes to fetch the bus driver.' (Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Wet Baby Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2009 Z1914996 2009 single work children's fiction children's 'Wet Baby is about nana and a baby going to school and playing in the playground while the children are in class. The baby pours a cup of water over himself and the children rush to help!' (Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Run Goanna, Run Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2010 Z1722877 2010 single work children's fiction children's Nana and three young sisters go looking for honey ants when they see a goanna running across the sand and up a tree. The two older sisters chase the goanna successfully and return home with it to an excited welcome from the children in the camp. (Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Drowned Him, Drowned Him Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Trudy Inkamala , Alice Springs : 2010 Z1779990 2010 single work children's fiction children's Drowned him, Drowned him retells the narration of the Rainbow Serpent story.
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y separately published work icon Gotta get the Baby Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Trudy Inkamala , Alice Springs : 2010 Z1779971 2010 single work children's fiction lyric/song children's 'Three women go looking for bush tucker, one taking her baby along. A 'bad' woman sneaks up to the baby when the women are focused on digging for honey ants and takes it away.' (Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Big Man Grabs Sister Margaret James , Wendy Paterson (editor), Rosemary Butler (editor), Trudy Inkamala , Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2012 Z1912237 2012 single work children's fiction children's 'In 'Big Man Grab Sister', two sisters go out looking for bush tucker when one strays away from the other. The ensuing drama ends happily with members of the family helping little sister to find her big sister.' (Source: /shop.acer.edu.au)
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y separately published work icon Get that Fat Perentie Margaret James , Rosemary Butler (editor), Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2011 Z1912260 2011 single work children's fiction children's 'Get that Fat Perentie' is the story of a family's day out hunting. They catch their tucker (food) and take it home for a lovely family meal beside the fire.' (Source: honeyant.com.au)
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y separately published work icon Hunting on a Hot Day Margaret James , Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2010 Z1915167 2010 single work children's fiction children's
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y separately published work icon School for Big Sister Margaret James , Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2010 9561258 2010 single work picture book children's Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2010
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y separately published work icon Rations on Sunday Margaret James , Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2010 9561333 2010 single work picture book children's Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2010
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y separately published work icon Little Brother Lost Margaret James , Wendy Paterson (illustrator), Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2009 9561366 2009 single work picture book children's Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2009
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y separately published work icon Somebody Bin Take Sister Margaret James , Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2010 9561418 2010 single work picture book children's Alice Springs : Margaret James , 2010

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Works about this Work

School Row Over Aboriginal Stories Hannah Davies , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 May 2016; (p. 13)
Indigenous Literacy BlackWords : Indigenous Literacy Anita Heiss , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 9) The BlackWords Essays 2019;

'While the education of all Australians should remain the role and goal of government, the grassroots, community work of the Australian book industry facilitated by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation has created a model for what is possible in terms of increasing Indigenous reading rates through strategic, culturally appropriate and interesting approaches. This paper aims to give a brief history of the ILF with some statistics on Indigenous literacy and discusses some of the reasons literacy rates are so low in remote communities. It ends with testimonials from those benefiting from the work of the Foundation.'

Source: Author's introduction.
School Row Over Aboriginal Stories Hannah Davies , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 May 2016; (p. 13)
Indigenous Literacy BlackWords : Indigenous Literacy Anita Heiss , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: The BlackWords Essays 2015; (p. 9) The BlackWords Essays 2019;

'While the education of all Australians should remain the role and goal of government, the grassroots, community work of the Australian book industry facilitated by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation has created a model for what is possible in terms of increasing Indigenous reading rates through strategic, culturally appropriate and interesting approaches. This paper aims to give a brief history of the ILF with some statistics on Indigenous literacy and discusses some of the reasons literacy rates are so low in remote communities. It ends with testimonials from those benefiting from the work of the Foundation.'

Source: Author's introduction.
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